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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 50
          Author:   Gonzalez (D), et al.
          Amended:  4/13/15 in Assembly 
          Vote:     21  

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Read and adopted, 4/13/15

           SUBJECT:   Equal Pay Day


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This resolution proclaims April 14, 2015, as Equal Pay  
          Day in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in  
          earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay  
          for all. 


          ANALYSIS:  This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1)More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act,  
            women, especially minority women, continue to suffer the  
            consequences of unequal pay.

          2)According to a report by the National Partnership for Women  
            and Families, women in California earned a median of $0.84 for  
            each dollar earned by men as of October 2014; and the United  
            States Census Bureau reported women working full time, year  
            round in 2013, typically earned 78% of what men earned, which  
            indicates little change or progress in pay equity.

          3)Nearly four in 10 mothers are primary breadwinners in their  
            households and nearly two-thirds are primary or significant  








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            earners, making pay equity critical to families' economic  
            security.

          4)In 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law,  
            which gives back to employees their day in court to challenge  
            a pay gap, and now we must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act,  
            which amends the Equal Pay Day Act by closing loopholes and  
            improving the law's effectiveness.

          5)Fair pay strengthens the security of families today and eases  
            future retirement costs while enhancing America's economy.


          This resolution proclaims April 14, 2015, as Equal Pay Day in  
          recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings  
          by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified4/22/15)


          American Association of University Women


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified4/22/15)


          None received



          Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          4/22/15 16:20:22


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